Annual Quality Assurance Report - AUTONOMOUS

Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) 2017-2018

Submitted by

Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

RAGHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Autonomous)

Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, and Permanently Affiliated to JNTUK, Kakinada

Accredited by NBA (ECE, EEE, MECH, CSE) and NAAC with 'A' Grade,

Listed u/s 2(f) & 12(B) of UGC Act 1956

Dakamarri (V), Bheemunipatnam Mandal,

VISAKHAPATNAM-531162

ANDHRA PRADESH

email:[email protected] website: raghuinstech.com

Phone No.: +91-8922-248003, 248013

To

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL

an Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission

P. O. Box. No. 1075, Opp: NLSIU, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072 India

RAGHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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CONTENTS

S.No. TITLE PAGE No.

1. About the Institution 3

2. Composition of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) 4

3. Part-A 6

4. Part-B

Criterion – I : Curricular Aspects

13

5. Criterion –II : Teaching, Learning and Evaluation 14

6. Criterion –III : Research, Consultancy and Extension 17

7. Criterion – IV : 23

8. Criterion – V : 25

9. Criterion – VI : 30

10. Criterion – VII : 36

11.

Annexure – I

Transportation Details

Academic Calendar 2017-2018 (Even Semester)

Time-Table (Odd and Even Semesters)

Exit Feedback on PEOs & POs

42

12. Annexure –II

Feedback Analysis (From Students, Alumni ) 63

13 Annexure III 66


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ABOUT THE INSTITUTION

RAGHU EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY has been established under the eminent leadership of the

CHAIRMAN SRI. RAGHU KALIDINDI and is registered under the societies Registration act

XXI of 1860 on 01st June 1996. SHRI. RAGHU KALIDINDI is a renowned academician and a

passionate teacher. In 1991, he started his own institution under the name Raghu Tutorials.

Around 2000 students joined the institute in the very first year. This was the impact of the

reputation he had earned by his teaching. He left an indelible mark with Raghu Tutorials in

coaching students for various national level entrance examinations. In the 90’s, RAGHU

TUTORIALS became the most sought-after institute for coaching Medical and Engineering

entrance examinations in the state of Andhra Pradesh. With the inspiration instilled in him by

RAGHU TUTORIALS and his expansive experience, he established RAGHU ENGINEERING

COLLEGE in 2001 and RAGHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY in 2007 with an intake of

240 Engineering students and 16 teachers. With committed and determined efforts, today, Raghu

Educational Institutions are providing quality education to 7000 students with more than 480

teaching staff and the institutions have emerged as a leader in higher education.


Established in the year 2007.

Permanently affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University –Kakinada.

Approved by All India Council of Technical Education – New Delhi.

Listed under sections of 2(f) and 12(B) of UGC act 1956

Accredited four B.Tech programs (ECE, CSE, Mechanical and EEE) by National Board

of Accreditation upto 2019.

Accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council up to 2022.

Conferred Autonomous Status up to 2028


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COMPOSITION OF INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)

Sl.No Name and Designation IQAC

Members

Chair Person & Members

1 Dr. S.Satyanarayana, Principal Chair Person

2 Dr. P.S.R.Chowdary , Vice Principal Member

IQAC Coordinator

3 Dr. E V V Ramana Murthy, Professor– Mechanical Dept.

Coordinator - IQAC Member

Department Senior Faculty Members

4 Dr.V.Sangeetha , HOD

Department of Computer Science Engineering Member

5 Dr.V.V.S.S.S. Chakravarthy, Associate Professor

Department of Electronics and Communication Enginering Member

6 Dr.G.Jogarao, HOD

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Member

7 Dr.P.Vijaykumar, HOD

Department of Mechanical Engineering Member

8 Prof. P Venkata Surya Madhusudhan,HOD

Department of Civil Engineering Member

9 Mr.V.Srinivasa Rao, HOD

Department of Science and Humanities Member

Placement Cell

10 Mr. P.Srinivasarao ,

Placement Officer Member

Student Affairs & Administrative Office

11 Dr.A.Srinivasarao,

Officer-Student Affairs Member

12 Mr.Ch.Ashok Varma,

Administrative Officer Member

Management Representative

13 Mr.K.Rahul

Director , RIT Member

Industry Experts

14 Dr.R.Sivakumar , AGM,

VIZAG STEEL PLANT , Visakhapatnam Member

15 Mrs.A.Hemamalini, Senior Manager,

AIRPORT AUTHORITIES OF INDIA, Visakhapatnam Member

16 Mr.Subha Kiran, Senior System Administrator,

IBM, Visakhapatnam Member

17 Mr.D.Edwin Vijay Kumar, Deputy General Manager,

VIZAG STEEL PLANT , Visakhapatnam Member


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18 Mr.R.Nageswara Rao, Superintendent Engineer,

Irrigation Circle, Water Resource Dept. Visakhapatnam Member

Alumni

19 Ms.A.Padmapriya, System Administrator,

INFOSYS, Hyderabad ECE - Alumni

20 Mr.M.Saikiran, System Administrator,

Broadridge,Hyderabad CSE - Alumni

21 Mr.V.Vinaykanth, System Administrator,

IBM,Benguluru Mech - Alumni

22 Mr.Y.Chandrasekar, Assistant General Manager,

COAL INDIA Ltd., Talcher, Orissa. EEE - Alumni

23 Mr.K. Achuth Senior System Administrator,

TCS, Hyderabad Civil - Alumni


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The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC

All NAAC accredited institutions will submit an annual self-reviewed progress report to NAAC, through

its IQAC. The report is to detail the tangible results achieved in key areas, specifically identified by the

institutional IQAC at the beginning of the academic year. The AQAR will detail the results of the

perspective plan worked out by the IQAC. (Note: The AQAR period would be the Academic Year. For

example, July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013)

Part – A

1. Details of the Institution

1.1 Name of the Institution

1.2 Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City/Town

State

Pin Code

Institution e-mail address

Contact Nos.

Name of the Head of the Institution:

Tel. No. with STD Code:

Mobile:

Phone No.: +91-8922-248003, 248013


DAKAMARRI (V)

ANDHRA PRADESH

BHEEMUNIPATNAM MANDAL

VISAKHAPATNAM

ANDHRA PRADESH

531162

[email protected]

Dr.S.SATYANARAYANA

+91 9177779081

Phone No.: +91-8922-248003, 248013


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Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:

Mobile:

IQAC e-mail address:

1.3 NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879)

1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date:

(For Example EC/32/A&A/143 dated 3-5-2004.

This EC no. is available in the right corner- bottom

of your institution’s Accreditation Certificate)

1.5 Website address:

Web-link of the AQAR:

For ex. http://www.ladykeanecollege.edu.in/AQAR2012-13.doc

1.6 Accreditation Details

Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Year of

Accreditation

Validity

Period

1 1st Cycle A 3.02 September

2017

5 years

2 2nd Cycle

3 3rd Cycle

4 4th Cycle

1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC : DD/MM/YYYY

1.8 AQAR for the year (for example 2010-11)

2017-2018

www.raghuinstech.com

22.06.2015

[email protected]

http://www.raghuinstech.com/AQAR2017-18.pdf

Dr. E.V.V.Ramana Murthy

+91 9003297121

EC(SC)/27/A&A/51.1

APCOGN27279


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1.9 Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and

Accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011)

This is the first AQAR submitted to NAAC after the First Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC.

1.10 Institutional Status

University State Central Deemed Private

Affiliated College Yes No

Constituent College Yes No

Autonomous college of UGC Yes No

Regulatory Agency approved Institution Yes No

(eg. AICTE, BCI, MCI, PCI, NCI)

Type of Institution Co-education Men Women

Urban Rural Tribal

Financial Status Grant-in-aid UGC 2(f) UGC 12B

Grant-in-aid + Self Financing Totally Self-financing

1.11 Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

Others (Specify)

1.12 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges)

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada,

KAKINADA

Andhra Pradesh.


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1.13 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc

Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University

University with Potential for Excellence UGC-CPE

DST Star Scheme UGC-CE

UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST

UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)

UGC-COP Programmes

2. IQAC Composition and Activities

2.1 No. of Teachers

2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff

2.3 No. of students

2.4 No. of Management representatives

2.5 No. of Alumni

2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and

community representatives

2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists

2.8 No. of other External Experts

2.9 Total No. of members

2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

05

-

05

01

-

01

11

23

14


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2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: No. Faculty

Non-Teaching Staff Alumni Others

2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No

If yes, mention the amount

2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related)

(i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC

Total Nos. International National State Institution Level

(ii) Themes

NIL

Six-day national Faculty development program on “Real time embedded

systems and IoT, its applications”

One-day Webinar program on “RTL design and functional verification”.

Two days’ work shop on “PCB Designing”

Six-day national Faculty development program on “Data Science and Big

Data Analytics”

National Workshop on “Computational Drug Design”.

Faculty Development Program on “Android App Development” –

Chakravyuh 2K18 National level student technical Symposium.

One day guest lecture on “Carrier Guidance and future prospects in

computer science”.

Two-day national workshop on “Internet of Things”.

One day Guest Lecture on “Analog and Digital Technologies”.

One day guest lecture on “Introduction to wavelets-1”.

One day guest lecture on “Machine Learning & Data Analytics”.

Three day workshop on ‘ERA-2K18 EDIFICATION OF REVIT

ARCHITECTURE’

Technical Talk on Recent Trends in Iron and Steel making industry

by Dr.R.Sivakumar , AGM,VIZAG STEEL PLANT ,

Visakhapatnam. (Industrial Expert Member IQAC –RIT

14

02

14

- -

5 3 2


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2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC

2.15 Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome

The plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards quality

enhancement and the outcome achieved by the end of the year *

Plan of Action Achievements

To conduct Internal IQAC Audit

for all the departments and other

Cells for the effective functioning.

Systematic examination of a quality system was

carried out for all departments by an internal

quality auditor and an audit team. A common and specific format may be designed to collect the

feedback from different stake

holders associated with the institution.

Measures were taken to frame a common format to acquire the feedback from

- Students

- Parents - Alumni

To encourage staff members for

registering Ph.D programs.

This initiative has improved the number of

Ph.D holders in the Institution.

Encouraging the faculty to enroll the NPTEL courses to improve the

quality of teaching

Large no of faculty and students were motivated and succeeded with outstanding.

Encouraging the faculty to attend

training programs such as FDPs, STTPs, Workshops

Faculty after attending the training programs

were able to deliver the content beyond the syllabus that created more interest among the

students

Campus recruitment training classes were planned to increase

percentage of campus recruitment.

Campus recruitment training classes were conducted from third year first semester

onwards to improve their performance in

campus recruitment.

To acquire autonomous status to the Institution.

The Institution has acquired Autonomous Status during Sep 2018.

* Attach the Academic Calendar of the year as Annexure.

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the Raghu Institute of Technology has

taken initiatives in preparing the perspective plan by collecting input data from all

stakeholders, their expectations, management policies, goals and objectives of the

Institution.

Internal Quality Assurance Cell ensures the quality of the teaching-learning process and

its outcome through internal and external audits conducted at regular intervals.

Internal Quality Assurance Cell has taken efforts to improve the quality of teaching by

involving students and faculty for NPTEL lectures.

Periodical meetings with staff members are initiated to formulate the plan of action and

the implementation of action plans are reviewed in the subsequent meetings.

Monitor and ensure the quality of student’s activities, departmental activities and staff

members for periodic assessment for timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic task.

Finally, IQAC strengthened the campus placement process through by conducting

training classes.


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2.15 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

The activities of IQAC are well supported by the management.

AQAR is reviewed and approved after minor corrections.


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Part – B

Criterion – I

1. Curricular Aspects

1.1 Details about Academic Programmes

Level of the

Programme

Number of

existing

Programmes

Number of

programmes added

during the year

Number of

self-financing

programmes

Number of value

added / Career

Oriented

programmes

PhD

PG 02 02 04

UG 05 05 08

PG Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Diploma

Certificate

Others

Total 07 02 09 08

Interdisciplinary

Innovative

1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options

(ii) Pattern of programmes:

1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students

(On all aspects)

Mode of feedback : Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI)

*Please provide an analysis of the feedback in the Annexure

1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects.

Pattern Number of programmes

Semester 02(B.Tech & M.Tech)

Trimester

Annual

As per JNTUK, Kakinada regulation (R13 & R16), Curriculum is generally updated once in every

three years meeting the needs of industry and matching with the recent trends.


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1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.

Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1 Total No. of

permanent faculty

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

2.3 No. of Faculty Positions

Recruited (R) and Vacant (V)

during the year

2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty

2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia:

No. of Faculty International

level National level

State

level

Attended Seminars/ Workshops - 38 42

Presented papers 12 11 -

Resource Persons 02 - -

2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning:

Total Asst. Professors Associate Professors Professors Others

129 104 16 09

Asst.

Professors

Associate

Professors

Professors Others Total

R V R V R V R V R V

104 NIL 16 NIL 09 NIL NIL NIL 129 NIL

NIL

Lesson Plan is prepared by the concerned subject teacher before starting commencement

of semester.

As per the lesson plan the contents are delivered to the students and it is monitored by

HoD.

The content delivered is recorded in Log Book.

Internal tests and model practical exams are conducted to evaluate the performance of

students.

Concentrating on 1 & 2 Backlog students.

NPTEL Videos.

Power Point Presentation for students.

Case studies.

Project based learning.

In-Plant Training.

Internship Training.

Group Discussions.

Model based teaching.

19

NIL

NIL

NO


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2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days

during this academic year

2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by

the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding,

Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple-Choice Questions)

2.9 No. of faculty members involved in curriculum

restructuring/revision/syllabus development

as member of Board of Study/Faculty/Curriculum Development workshop

2.10 Average percentage of attendance of students

2.11 Course/Programme wise distribution of pass percentage:

Title of the

Programme

Total no. of

students

appeared

Division

Distinction % I % II % III % Pass %

2017-18 (UG), CE 51 39.21 45.88 14.91 - 61.23

2017-18 (UG), EEE 51 27.45 45.09 - - 72.5

2017-18 (PG), ME 4 - - - - -

2017-18 (UG), ME 136 5.1% 38.23 11.02% - 54.41

2017-18 (UG), ECE 143 17.48 53.33 10.66 2.6 52.44

2017-18 (UG), CSE 104 14.7 76.92 6.41 3.84 75

2.12 How does IQAC Contribute/Monitor/Evaluate the Teaching & Learning processes:

IQAC organises review meeting for the implementations of resolutions of earlier meetings and

proposes quality enhancement measures for the forth coming academic year.

180

Institution follows JNTUK,

Kakinada academic rules and

regulations which consists of

Bar Coding, Double Valuation,

Photocopy, and Online

Multiple-Choice Questions.

-

75%

5 -

Webinars

Seminars

Industrial Visits.

Guest Lectures

SMS’s will be sent to parents regarding academic performance of his son/daughter.


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All the teaching staff members must submit course plan for conduct of theory and practical

classes to their respective head of the departments before commencement of classwork.

Monthly reports are collected from the teaching staff regarding coverage of syllabus during that

particular month. In case where syllabus was not covered as per schedule, the teachers were

accordingly advised.

Development of quality parameters for academic and administrative activities of the institute.

Conducting internal quality audit.

End Semester review / Academic review: Faculty course feedback is taken at the end of every

semester.

Organisation of workshops, seminars and quality related themes.

2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty

benefitted

Refresher courses 5

UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme 68

HRD programmes 1

Orientation programmes 7

Faculty exchange programme NIL

Staff training conducted by the university 14

Staff training conducted by other institutions 93

Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 100

Others NIL

2.14 Details of Administrative and Technical staff

Category Number of

Permanent Employees

Number of

Vacant Positions

Number of

permanent positions filled

during the Year

Number of

positions filled temporarily

Administrative Staff 23

Technical Staff 49


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Criterion – III

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension

3.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution

3.2 Details regarding major projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number - - - -

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs - - - -

3.3 Details regarding minor projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number 4 - - 01

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 230000 - - 1500000

3.4 Details on research publications

International National Others

Peer Review Journals 24 01 -

Non-Peer Review Journals 78 11 -

e-Journals - - -

Conference proceedings 7 6 -

3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:

Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS

3.6 Research funds sanctioned and received from various funding agencies, industry and other organisations

Nature of the Project Duration

Year Name of the

funding Agency

Total

grant

sanctioned

Received

Major projects - - - -

Minor Projects - - - -

Interdisciplinary Projects - - - -

Industry sponsored 2017-18 AKRIVIA

AUTOMATION Pvt Ltd 2,30,000 2,30,000

Projects sponsored by the

University/ College - - - -

0.1-2.0

The following activities are done through IQAC to promote research and consultancy.

Identifying the thrust areas for research.

Motivating faculty members for registering Ph.D course and research work.

Providing guidance to faculty members for project proposal preparation and Publications.

Arranging symposium, seminar and workshop related to research and consultancy.

PG and UG students advised to take up projects related to industrial and society needs.

0.3 9 21


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Students research projects (other than compulsory by the University)

2017-18 Raghu Institute of

Technology 25000 25000

Any other(Specify) - - - -

Total - - 2,55,000 2,55,000

3.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No. Chapters in Edited Books

ii) Without ISBN No.

3.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from

UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST

DPE DBT Scheme/funds

3.9 For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT Star Scheme

INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)

3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy 23

3.11 No. of conferences

organized by the Institution

3.12 No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons

3.13 No. of collaborations International National Any other

3.14 No. of linkages created during this year

3.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs:

From Funding agency From Management of University/College

Total

3.16 No. of patents received this year

Level International National State University College

Number - - - - -

Sponsoring

agencies

- - - - -

Type of Patent Number

National Applied -

Granted -

International Applied -

Granted -

Commercialised Applied -

Granted -

-

2,30,000

-

-

-

-

-

- -

- - -

04

3 3 2

-

--

4 2


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3.17 No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows Of the institute in the year

3.18 No. of faculty from the Institution

who are Ph. D. Guides and students registered under them

3.19 No. of Ph.D. awarded by faculty from the Institution

3.20 No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)

JRF SRF - Project Fellows Any other

3.21 No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

National level International level

3.22 No. of students participated in NCC events:



3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:



3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:



Total International National State University Dist College

02 - 01 - - 01 -

03

08

-

- - - -

-

-

1000

0 -

15 01

02 -

- 01

- -

- -

- -


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3.25 No. of Extension activities organized

University forum College forum

NCC NSS Any other

3.26 Major Activities during the year in the sphere of extension activities and Institutional Social

Responsibility.

NCC AVTIVITIES:

S.No ACTIVITY DATE REPORT

1 Surgical Strike Day 29-09-2018 Parade was organised on the

eve of surgical strike day

2 Swachhta hi sewa 15-09-2018 to 02-10-

2018

All the NCC Cadets

participated in Swachhta hi

sewa.

3 Independence Day Parade 15-08-2018 Parade was organised on the

eve of Independence Day

4 International Yoga Day 21-06-2018 All the NCC Cadets

participated in International

Yoga Day

5 Republic Day Parade 26-01-2018 Parade was organised on the

eve of Republic Day

6 Swachh Bharat Pakhwada 01-09-2017 to 15-09-

2017

All the NCC Cadets

participated in Swachh

Bharat Pakhwada

7 Independence Day Parade 15-08-2017 Parade was organised on the

eve of Independence Day

NSS AVTIVITIES:

S.No ACTIVITY DATE REPORT

1 Yoga Day 21-06-2018 Over 100 students

participated in Yoga Day

event by performing Yoga.

2 Independence Day

Celebrations

15-08-2018 All the faculty and 700

students participated.

3 NSS Unit organized

‘SWACCHTA

PAKHWADA’ camp at

Korada Village

01-08-2018 to 15-08-

2018

Over 500 students

participated in cleaning the

village for 2 weeks.

4 NSS Unit organized ‘Blood

Donation Camp’ at RIT in

14-09-2018 Over 107 units of blood

collected from the student

- -

07 14 14


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collaboration with NVN

Blood Bank, Vizianagaram

donors.

5 Engineers Day 15-9-2018 Engineers Day was

organised by the NSS

Students in which over 150

Students participated.

6 Yoga Day 21-06-2017 Over 100 students

participated in Yoga Day

event by performing Yoga.


‘SWACCH BHARAT

ACTIVITY’ camp at

Mopada Village

14-08-2018 Over 1000 people


village.

8 Independence Day

Celebrations

15-08-2018 All the faculty and 700

students participated.


‘SWACCHTA

PAKHWADA’ camp in

and around the campus

01-09-2017 to 15-09-

2017

Over 1000 people


campus.

10 NSS Unit organized ‘Blood

Donation Camp’ at RIT in

collaboration with RED

CROSS SOCIETY,

Vizianagaram and GOVT

HOSPITAL Vizianagaram

13-09-2017 Over 230 units of blood

collected from the student

donors.

11 Engineers Day 15-9-2017 Engineers Day was

organised by the NSS

Students in which over 200

Students participated.

12 Swachh Village Program

conducted in Guddippa

Village

7-10-2017 70 students participated in

cleaning the village.

13 Special camp conducted at

Korada Village.

08-10-2017 to 14-10-

2017

Over 500 students


village for 1week.

14 Attended Republic Day

celebration at J N T U

Kakinada

26-01-2018 NSS Volunteers have

participated in Republic Day

celebration at J N T U

Kakinada


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SOCIAL AVTIVITIES:

SMILES Making Others Smile Is Our Moto

S.No Name Date Report

1.

Medical support through

SMILES (Making others

smile is our Motto)

26.10.2018 SMILES team donated Rs.18,000 for

medical support to KARTHIK(VII class

student of Raghu English Medium school)

2. Medical support through

SMILES (Making others

smile is our Motto)

20-10-2018 SMILES team donated Rs.62,000 for kidney

operation to KARTHIK(VII class student of

Raghu English Medium school)

3. School fees 16-10-2018 Smiles team donated 7,900 for school fees

4. Mid-day Meals 10-09-2018 Organised mid-day meals at an orphanage in

Vizag

5. Appreciation for smiles 15-08-2018 Appreciated for their work by omkar and

lion educational society

6. Provided lunch 22-08-2018 Team Smiles provided lunch for shanty

anramam

7. Educational camp 21-08-2018 Conducted awareness camp about education

at village near anandapuram

8. Distributed sweets 22-07-2018 Distributed sweets at an orphanage

9. Fire acident 03-06-2018 Donated 10,000 for a fire accident at

anandapuram

10. Servant daughter marriage 21-05-2018 Contributed Rs. 5,000 for a helper at Raghu

11. School uniform 13-05-2018 Team smiles donated uniform to jyotsha

12. Prema sermagam 07-04-2018 Donated fans and bulbs (Electrics items) to

Premasamagam.

Funds were generated during Kerala floods and it was transferred to Kerala Chief Minister's

Distress Relief Fund.

Funds were generated during THITHILI CYCLONE, Srikakulam Dist, Andhra Pradesh and it

was distributed to people residing there.


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Criterion – IV

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

4.1 Details of increase in infrastructure facilities:

Facilities Existing Newly created Source of

Fund

Total

Campus area 10 Acres - 10 Acres

Class rooms 35 - 35

Laboratories 66 - 66

Seminar Halls 05 - 05

No. of important equipments purchased

(≥ 1-0 lakh) during the current year.

5 - 5

Value of the equipment purchased

during the year (Rs. in Lakhs)

2,11,28,210 40,48,883 2,51,77,093

Others - - -

4.2 Computerization of administration and library

4.3 Library services:

Existing Newly added Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value

Text Books 3940 11,09,790 2426 8,72,333 6366 19,82,123

Reference Books 719 335054 904 390528 1623 725582

e-Books - - - - - -

Journals - - 60 105000 60 105000

e-Journals 275 672319 850 436712 1125 1109031

Digital Database 20 30 50

CD & Video 918 - 19 - 998 -

Others (specify) - - - - - -

Attendance for Staff members is made through Bio-metric system and monitored.

e-Governance at all levels of Communication is sent to all departments through e-mails.

Official domain mail ids are provided to all faculties

LAN is maintained in all departments and internet facility is provided to all systems

Wi-Fi enabled campus.

The central library is connected to network through online public access catalog for online

access

Availability of books can be searched by reader using OPAC module.

Digital library for accessing e-Journals.

BEES software for Bar code scanning.


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4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)

Total

Computers

Computer

Labs Internet

Browsing

Centres

Computer

Centres Office

Depart-

ments Others

Existing 468 8 75Mbps 1 1 1 5 -

Added 72 2 25Mbps - - - - -

Total 540 10 100Mbps 1 1 1 5 -

4.5 Computer, Internet access, training to teachers and students and any other programme for technology

upgradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

4.6 Amount spent on maintenance in lakhs:

i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities

iii) Equipments

iv) Others

Total:

100Mbps Speed Internet is provided.

The networks of computers are used for conducting online examinations, interviews and

group discussions during campus placement training.

RAM upgraded to 8GB.

Faculty members are advised to attend FDP, Conference, workshops and other

symposiums.

Mandatory NPTEL courses and encouraging students to join NPTEL courses

5162131

15603313

3651321

31772214

5,61,88,97

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Criterion – V

5. Student Support and Progression

5.1 Contribution of IQAC in enhancing awareness about Student Support Services

5.2 Efforts made by the institution for tracking the progression

For a batch of 25 students, a mentor from the department concerned is assigned. The

mentors will have one-to-one contact with the students to identify the need of the

students. Any issues related to academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities or

others are brought to the knowledge of the Head of the Department and the decisions are taken.

Every class shall have a class committee consisting of faculty of the class concerned

and class representatives.

Students are encouraged to participate in various Seminars, Symposiums, Workshops,

Conferences and Internship programs.

Students are given on- duty leave for participation.

Subject wise special coaching classes for slow learners are conducted during the

evening hours.

Students were encouraged to take part in community development activities through

National Service Scheme [NSS].

Women empowerment cell conducts seminars to empower the girl students and female

faculty members.

All teaching faculty prepare the course materials for the courses they are teaching before

commencement of each semester. Such course materials are given to the slow learners

after Identifying them from their performance in the first Continuous Assessment test.

The Training & Placement Cell provides placement to all the eligible students through on

and off campus recruitment.

Identifying the slow learners and requesting the teachers concerned to provide some

additional help or guidance or coaching.

Question banks and answers are provided to the students to score good marks in the

examinations. The e-content of the same is also uploaded in the College intranet which

the students can access anywhere inside the campus through Wi-Fi.

The Institute organizes various motivational workshops and awareness programs for

utilizing the employment opportunities available in India and Abroad.

Department meetings are being conducted twice in a month to monitor the progress of the

action plan.

Academic audit is being conducted every semester to evaluate the progress.

Two Internal Quality Audits are being conducted every year to review the attainment of

the quality objectives.


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5.3 (a) Total Number of students

(b) No. of students outside the state

(c) No. of international students

Men Women

Demand ratio Dropout %

5.4 Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)

UG PG Ph. D. Others

1993 25

No %

1396 69.17

No %

622 30.82

Last Year This Year

General SC ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total General SC ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total

642 53 09 1289 NIL 1993 697 59 11 1402 - 2169

Students were taken special classes during placement hours on Online aptitude

Test and Technical aptitude test.

CRT Programs conducted by various companies such as

- CONDURIA

- SIX PHRACE

- OMEGA

- CORPORATE CAMPUS CONNECT

- TALENTIO

will help the students to score good marks in their competitive examination.

More emphasis being given to training sessions since it enables students to get

better placements, in addition to that acquiring good knowledge in cracking the

competitive examinations.

Conducting coaching classes to the students through Placement Training cell on

Aptitude, Quantative and Communication skills

Students were taken special classes during placement hours on Online Aptitude

Test and Technical Aptitude test.

52

NIL


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No. of student’s beneficiaries

5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations

NET SET/SLET GATE CAT IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others

5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance

No. of students benefitted

5.7 Details of campus placement

On campus Off Campus

Number of Organizations

Visited

Number of Students Participated

Number of Students Placed

Number of Students Placed

56 (2017-18) 214 178 32

Training has been given by the following training institutional professionals.

Campus Recruitment training – In-house

Six Phrase (Chennai) for TCS.

Campus corporate connect, Hyderabad.

OMEGA, Hyderabad.

E-Box Training

Apart from regular CRT in-house training program given from third year second semester

onwards, students have been also trained in MOCK interviews for the campus drives.

A separate student Counselling and Career guidance Cell is established in the

campus to enable the students to acquire knowledge regarding the career

opportunities available to them.

The cell also provides adequate knowledge about higher studies opportunities

available in India and Abroad.

Different Consultancy Services such as

- IVY Overseas

- ACTD (Academy for Comprehensive Training and Development)

- EDWISE Overseas – Education Consultants

- CMIT – The Global Career Builder for Abroad Studies and Foreign

Languages

200

200

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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16 (2018-19)

Till Date

140 54 01

5.8 Details of gender sensitization programmes

5.9 Students Activities

5.9.1 No. of students participated in Sports, Games and other events

State/ University level National level International level

No. of students participated in cultural events

State/ University level National level International level

5.9.2 No. of medals /awards won by students in Sports, Games and other events

Sports : State/ University level National level International level

Cultural: State/ University level National level International level

5.10 Scholarships and Financial Support

Number of

students Amount

Financial support from institution 105 15,75,000

Financial support from government - -

Financial support from other sources - -

Number of students who received

International/ National recognitions

- -

5.11 Student organised / initiatives

Fairs : State/ University level National level International level

Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level

The institution has a women grievance cell, headed by senior professors. Any grievances / Sexual

related specific issues are professionally counselled.

WOMEN’S Day event :

30

-

- -

- 15 -

- - 02

- - -

-

01 -

- -


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5.12 No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students

5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed: ______________________________________

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Criterion – VI

6. Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution

6.2 Does the Institution has a management Information System

VISION

RAGHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has a clear vision of becoming a

leading institution of higher learning in technical education by building on the

vest of instructional infrastructure, enlisting the service of expert faculty and

strengthening strategic linkage with the industry and other educational

institutions.

MISSION

RAGHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY strives to train the students in

technical education with moral values and discipline among the students, so that

their future is blossomed with good culture. The Institute aims to chisel the

students to be endowed with a perfect synthesis of human values, ancient wisdom

and modern thoughts that will enable to build their career.

The management believes special focus on the following areas:

Well stream-lined teaching and learning process and continuously assessed for

effective improvement.

Setting state-of-the-art laboratories and general infrastructure to enhance the

knowledge of the students.

Focus on coordinating campus recruitment training programs for improving

placement opportunities to students.

To encourage students to pursue self –learning on advanced topics.

Yes, the Institution has a management Information System using raghuerp.in portal.

Staff attendance biometric.

Staff daily activity report.

Staff leave

Staff workload

Library details


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6.3 Quality improvement strategies adopted by the institution for each of the following:

6.3.1 Curriculum Development

6.3.2 Teaching and Learning

.

6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation

Our institution is affiliated to JNTUK, Kakinada, it abides by the changes in curriculum as

prescribed by the university.

As per autonomous status acquired in September 2018, our faculties are members of Board

of studies and curriculum development.

To provide adequate, good, airy academic and supporting spaces for effective teaching and

learning.

To have conference/seminar halls, meeting rooms, faculty cabins, library and digital library

for effective teaching and learning.

To use Information & Communication Technology for all academic processes and

procedures including Teaching & Learning.

To provide round the clock access to internet and e-services to students and faculty

members.

To develop class rooms, AV classrooms, incubation centres and central library and

contents to meet the dynamic and ever-changing requirements of teaching and learning.

To develop laboratories not merely as per JNTUK curriculum requirement but also beyond

the curriculum to meet the research needs of faculty and students.

To promote learning materials like AV classes, Write Ups, PPTs, Multimedia Content,

Working Models, Virtual labs for enhancing the effectiveness of teaching learning process.

To provide amenities like drinking water, canteen, transport, playgrounds, dispensary etc.

The college conducts two internal assessment tests during the semester through a centralised

examination cell.

Each subject handing staff gives atleast three assignments per semester.

A tutorial plan is also prepared and followed for enhanced learning of the subjects.

Two internal assessment tests were conducted per semester for 30 marks.

End semester examinations are conducted as per JNTUK, Kakinada, the question papers are set for

3 hours duration, and 70marks.


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6.3.4 Research and Development

6.3.5 Library, ICT and physical infrastructure / instrumentation

6.3.6 Human Resource Management

All the departments of the Institute have well equipped laboratories with adequate infrastructural

facilities.

The institute has both wired & Wi-Fi internet facilities for the fast access of online resources.

The faculty members are encouraged to publish their research contributions in various National &

International Journals and conferences.

The institute encourages the research scholars by providing on-duty leave to succeed in their

research.

The institute motivates the faculty members to attend research oriented

seminars/workshops/conferences, etc., by providing special on-duty leave.

Encouraging faculty members to pursue Ph.D programs in reputed universities.

The institute supports the researchers by providing high end computing facility with necessary

software and with modern equipment’s.

The institute central library facilitates research oriented books, journals & e-journals for research

reference.

Student records/ attendance/ internal marks/ fee payments are fully computerized.

Purchase / salary / leave records of faculty fully computerized.

Wi-Fi enabled campus.

Maintenance of computational systems by internal systems administration team.

Regular updation of Library facilities and Physical infrastructure

Availability of text books, reference books and journals in the library is ensured for the

effective course delivery.

In central library, there are ample volume of books, magazines and journals for easy access of

reference books for faculties and research scholars.

Our institution is very much concerned of its human resources. Employees are given highest

importance and their desires are recognized well.

The recruitment procedures, service rules and promotion policies are made transparent and

employees are benefitted with CL, ML and EPF.

Employee ‘s salary will be credited in the bank account directly and bank ATM facility is

provided inside the campus.

Non-Teaching staff have ESI facility for their family members.

The institution encourages the employees to their promotional activities in the form of higher

education, presenting research papers in National/International conferences with financial

assistance.


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6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment

6.3.8 Industry Interaction / Collaboration

6.3.9 Admission of Students

6.4 Welfare schemes for

6.5 Total corpus fund generated

Teaching The management contributes an amount equal to the employee

share for EPF with Pension scheme.

EPF paid to all employees as per PF act.

ESI Scheme – Employees drawing less than Rs.15000/- PM.

They are covered under ESI and can avail this benefit directly

with ESI Clinic/Hospitals

Maternity Leave

Group Insurance for all staff members. Non teaching EPF

Maternity leave Transport facility

Students Fees concession for the students having good academic background

Scholarship provided by state government.

Skill development (Spoken English, Computer Literacy, etc.,) Practical Knowledge Training.

At RIT, Management recruits adequate number of qualified teaching and supporting staff as per

UGC/AICTE/College norms through proper procedures of open advertisement. The information is also made available on the college website (www.raghuinstech.com) encouraging academicians to

apply directly. After short listing the eligible candidates based on the position wise criteria, we invite

them to our campus for Demo and interview by Selection Committee. AICTE/Govt. of Andhra Pradesh/JNTU Kakinada norms are adhered in appointment of faculty and supporting staff.

Industry interaction has provided opportunity for the students to undergo in-plant training,

industrial visit, etc.

Guest lectures by experts from industry

This institute is offering 5 UG and 4 PG professional courses. As per AP State Council of

Higher Education (APSCHE) norms 70% students of UG and PG programmes are admitted

through centralized admissions organized by the government (EAMCET for UG and GATE/

PGECET for M.Tech.). The remaining 30% seats (B Category i.e. Management/NRI) are

filled by the Institute duly following the guidelines. Notification is given by the institute in

the popular News Papers calling for applications for B Category seats. Application form for

B Category seats is made available in college website and can be downloaded. Merit list is

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6.6 Whether annual financial audit has been done Yes No

6.7 Whether Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) has been done?

Audit Type External Internal

Yes/No Agency Yes/No Authority

Academic YES AICTE YES IQAC

Administrative YES Management

6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declares results within 30 days?

For UG Programmes Yes No

For PG Programmes Yes No

6.9 What efforts are made by the University/ Autonomous College for Examination Reforms?

6.10 What efforts are made by the University to promote autonomy in the affiliated/constituent colleges?

6.11 Activities and support from the Alumni Association

6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association

Academic and Examination reforms were presented to UGC Autonomous committee and got

approval for the academic year 2018-2019

Academic council meeting was conducted as per the University norms and approved by the board

members.

The institution has an Alumni Association and yet to register. Its activities and major contributions

for institutional, academic and infrastructure development are as follows,

Mock interviews are conducted by Alumni

Placements are arranged through them

Special lectures by alumni

Alumni association meetings are held every year and the alumnus are invited for interaction.

Many of them take part and help in the grooming of students by sharing their experiences and

technical knowledge in the form of guest lectures and help in placement trainings.

The management arranges for a parent – teachers meet once in a semester during a weekend. The

parents are identified and invited by faculty advisors of all the departments. Student’s academic

performance, university results, attendance and other related issues are discussed.


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6.13 Development programmes for support staff

6.14 Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly

The supporting staff are encouraged to attend various refresher courses, technical development

seminars conducted by external agencies. The NSS wing conducts various programs for the supporting staff.

Energy Conservation

Use of Renewable Energy

Waste Water Management

Water Harvesting

Efforts for Carbon neutrality

Plantation

1000 litres capacity Reverse Osmosis water plant for drinking water.

Solar power generation system in each department block


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Criterion – VII

7. Innovations and Best Practices

7.1 Innovations introduced during this academic year which have created a positive impact on the functioning of the institution. Give details.

7.2 Provide the Action Taken Report (ATR) based on the plan of action decided upon at the beginning of the year

7.3 Give two Best Practices of the institution (please see the format in the NAAC Self-study Manuals)

*Provide the details in annexure (annexure need to be numbered as i, ii,iii)

NPTEL video lectures and guest lectures by the subject experts.

Faculty members are grouped based on their specialised domain to enhance the research activities.

Mini projects and main projects are introduced to promote the research attitude among the students.

Considerable percentage of students in all the departments is made to carry out their project work in industries. Students are given opportunities to undergo in-plant training and internships and they may undertake their projects in those industries.

Industrial visits are arranged periodically by the departments to give the students a practical knowledge and exposure to industrial practices.

Aptitude and technical skill training are provided to third year students.

Faculty members participate in FDP’s to improve their teaching skills. Every faculty member is allotted with 20 students. The faculty member acts as a counsellor

and mentor for those 20 students.

Continuous evaluation and regular monitoring and review of performance of teachers based

on feedback system and pass percentage in subjects handled by them.

To encourage entrepreneurship among students

Any deviations in the plan of activities are reviewed through various committees headed by senior

faculty member and corrective actions will be taken immediately.

1. MENTORING SYSTEM.

A. Goal B. The context

C. The practice

D. The issues include E. Evidence of success

F. Problems Encountered and Resources Required

2. ENHANCING STUDENT SKILL SET

A. Objective

B. The context

C. The practice D. Evidence of success

E. Problems Encountered and Resources Required


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7.4 Contribution to environmental awareness / protection

7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No

7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (for example, SWOT Analysis)

The campus stands unique with its lush green expanse, paved pathways and a serene,

soothing environment.

Our strategic plans for development have always been driven by a love for nature and

sustainability of important resources like energy, water, green cover.

No trees in the campus are cut for any reason. This policy ensures the complete greenery in the campus with more than 200 trees.

New trees are planted every year and the water required for gardening is made available.

Strengths of the Department

Quality Education with an Environment of Academic Discipline

Qualified and highly experienced Faculty

Fully computerized library.

State-of-the-art Computing and Internet facilities (Wi-Fi enabled)

Extensive Co-curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities

Intense Industry Institute Interaction and Partnership

Personality, Communication, Soft Skill and Life Skill Development

Value Added Courses for enhancing Employability and Placement

Excellent/ Personalized mentoring, Student and Faculty Development

Initiatives; Regular Publication of News Letters, Departmental/ College

Research and Consultancy Projects

Efforts for continuous improvement through Planning, Development and implementation.

Recognized by UGC as Autonomous Institution.

Weakness for the Department

Lack of adequate placements in core companies

The funding from International and national agenises to be improved

Lack of research publication in high impact factor journals

Opportunities for the Department

Competence development process in the students may be improved so that a national level

bench mark may be established

More MOUs with Industry and academic universities/colleges

Apply for funding from various agencies

To Improve the consultancy work

Threats

Lack of commitment of a small group of students.

Constant changes to technology

Balancing administrative and academic load


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8. Plans of institution for next year

Name Dr: E V V Ramana Murthy Name Dr. S. SATYANARAYANA

Signature of the Coordinator, IQAC Signature of the Chairperson, IQAC

_______***_______

To achieve within top 5 position in Affiliated colleges of Jawaharlal Nehru Technilogical University,

Kakinada.

100% Result and Placement

Centre of Excellence

Good Number of University Ranks

To enhance the employability skills of students

Increased R&D activities.


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Annexure I

Abbreviations:

CAS - Career Advanced Scheme

CAT - Common Admission Test

CBCS - Choice Based Credit System

CE - Centre for Excellence

COP - Career Oriented Programme

CPE - College with Potential for Excellence

DPE - Department with Potential for Excellence

GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test

NET - National Eligibility Test

PEI - Physical Education Institution

SAP - Special Assistance Programme

SF - Self Financing

SLET - State Level Eligibility Test

TEI - Teacher Education Institution

UPE - University with Potential Excellence

UPSC - Union Public Service Commission


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1000 Litres RO Water treatment Plant

Solar Power


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Proposed Canteen

Documents

Annual Quality Assurance Report - AUTONOMOUS